Finishing, assorting, and packaging machine.



HQ'A. SPILLER.

FINISHING, ARSORTING, AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.3,1909.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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FINISHING, ASSORTING, AND PACKAGING MACHINE.

-.APPLICATION FILED NAILS, 1909. 1,098,061; Patented y 26,1914.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1909.

Patented May 26, 1914.

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H. A. SPILLER.

FINISHING, ASSORTING, AND PACKAGING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED MAR. s, 1909.

1 ,O98, O61' Patented May 26, 1914.

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5WlIIIlIIIII/lllllllllllfl 'IIIIIIIIIIII' IIIII'IIIIIIIII fwvenZai & g y 2 HARRY A. SPILLER, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNQR BEG'W N S' FJ- COMPANY, OF BQSTQN, IVIAS SACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF FINISHING, ASSOR'EING, AND PACKAGING Application filed March 3, 1509. Serial No. 581.135.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Hanna? A. SPILLER, of Boston, in the county of Sufi olrand State of l vlassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Finishing, Assorting, and Packaging Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings forming part thereof.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for progressively finishing, assorting and packing articles, and asserting the packages thereof; which articles frequently are of (littering design, and the invention refers particularly to such a machine clesignetl to receive comparatively thin articles preferably from a preliminary machine, in which Stlltl articles are formed or are operated upon; to feed saicl articles forward through finishing mechanism, designed preferahly, .toapply coatings of finishing mate rial to said articles, and to deliver saicl articles to asserting means whereby said articles are or may he assortetl according to their design and distributed to packing mechanisms which operate to stack the articles and feed said stacks into suitable wrappers. The various wrappers preferably containing only articles of the same design. And the invention contemplates the asserting of the packages.

The invention consists in such peculiar features of construction and novel combinations of parts and interrelated groups of parts as shall hereinafter he more fully (lescribed andpointecl out'in the claims.

F igure 1, represents a Side elevation of the improved machine shown in combination with a machine for printing and cutting 'paper disks which forms. the subjectnmtter of my copencling application for patentfiSerial No. 407,676, filed December 23; 1907. Fig. 2, represents an enlarged sectional elevation of parts of the same taken on line 2--2 Fig. 3. Fig. 3. represents an end View of Fig. 2, partiallyin. section taken on line 3-3 Fig. 2, parts of the same being omitted. F ig. 3*, represents a sectional View taken on line W-fl Fig. 2. Fig. 4, represents a sectional view of some of the mechanism taken on line 44 Fig. 3. Fig. 4, represents a similar sectional view on an enlarged scale to more clearly show the construction of the upper disk carrying beltand one of its (har- Speeification of Letters Patent.

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r I v J W or portions or the sents a partial sectio 6-6 Fig. Fig. I tlon of the assortii w g. 6 representsan view taken on line represents a se tional plan View line 8-9 8, some of the parts oinittethto more c eart ow t interceptingarticies, l the pacnaging point, and which ate r I x w i UPGHQd ZO per niit tne reed lg i 12h t s iel w lng penit- In: the

.L Fig. 8, represents a (le' tne packag Q ptunger tercepting gate shown in. t. i represents a l- I on line 1G-i0 F showing port-ions tevices. W lei of thefinishi devices tak 2. Fig. 12, represents a side elevatit. partly in sectioapof one of the air exhat channels sl'iov-"n is indicated. a 13-, represents of said air exhaust cl inel. resents a "e elevation of crimping anc. scoring inechanis package assoijing means at r to the dis asserting Fig. re is a. plat rate the disk asserting "n: the pee-haz resentsa sec wrapper cr and the pee a hne 1G-lti v enlarged detail asserting means to sl" ing the packaec ment and the mecca saicl locking me section as sein shown l as, remes 172-17 1o. tional view of portions of t sorting lock the pulley 38 and 15 and showing means preferably carried by the package asserting mechanism for closing the ends of the packages and also portions of the package wrapper printer and scorer. Fig. 20, represents a perspective view of one of the packages formed on this machine.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

As shown in the drawings in its preferred form 20 21 represent cooperating elements of any well known machine designed to operate on articles of a nature adapted to be received, carried forward, sorted and stacked by the mechanism herein described. In the machine now under consideration said elements 20 and 21 represent cylinders journaled in bearings of the frames 22-23 capable of rotatmg at high speed and furnished with cooperating means for printing or impressing certain portions of a strip of paper fed thercbetween and. for cutting out such printed or impressed portions to form disks adapted for use as closures for milk bottles or for similar uses. It being obvious however that the printing or impressing may be dispensed with and that the disk need not be circular. The shaft of cylinder 20 is furnished with the gear 24 which meshes with the gear 2b of the shaft of cylinder 2.1 on which is also mounted the bevel gear 26 driven by the bevel pinion 27 of the drive shaft 28 which latter is j m'naled in bean ings as 29 and is supplied with the sprocket 30 which drives the chain which actuates the disk asserting mechanism. On the cylinder 21 is the sprocket 31', which drives the chain which actuates tlle,disk finishing and carrying mechanism.

Between the frames 22-423 is mounted the support 32 for the chute 33 adapted to receive the strip of-waste w as it passes from between the operative elements of cvlindcrs QO-and 21 (see Fig. l) and to guide said strip to some point of delivery where it will not interfere with the mechanism.

, Secured to lower portions of frames 22 and 23 is the cross plate 34 from which depends the inclined frames and 36 having hearings mounted to yield under strain in which is journaled the shaft 37 furnished with the belt pulley 38 having the pins 38 and 38 shown in Fig 4 and with the sprocket 39 driven by the chain 92 (see Fig. 4). On the shaft 37 is journaled the frame 40 (Fig. 3) havin the handle l1 and furnished with the rotatable belt pulleys 42 and 4-3 on which and on pulley 38, is mount ed the flexible disk conveying belt 44 having the pockets 4.4 which register witlrthe pins 88 of pulley 38 and the perforations l5-l.5, one for each disk, which perforations register with pins 38 of said pulley 38. The belt is driven by the rotation of the pockets 4 1- and perfoi'ations 45 are respectively engaged by the pins 38'- and 38 of pulley 38 to prevent the slipping of belt 441- and the introducing of an irregularity into the machine. Mounted on the frame 4.0 and located between the reaches of'belt 4A; is the air exhaust chamber 46 which extends between belt pulleys 38 and 48, see Fig. 10, and has a fiat face 47 hearing against the lower reach of the belt 4% and having the longitudinal slot 48, as" shown in Fig. 13, which extends in line with the perforations 45 of belt 44- and, in the operation of the machine, is designed to receive the inflow of air passing through said perforations 45, when air is exhausted from said chamber 48, and thus, when said perforations 45 are covered by disks under operation, to exert suction on ,said disks to hold them against; belt 14; during the possage of said belt over the slot 48. Oommunicating with openings of the chamber 46 are air pipes 49--4-9 which are connected together and are also connected with any suitable air exhaust device by at pipe having the swivel joint lation to the shaft 37, see Fig. 3, whereby the frame 10 may be swung on said shaft, without disconnecting said pipes 49, to bring the upper end portion of the belt 44 in close proximity to the periphery of the cylinder 21 during the operation of the machine and to withdraw the same when desired.

On the cross plate 34. is mounted the tank 51 adapted to contain a supply of wax principally paraflin, or similar wax or coating or finishing material, if the articles are to be coated or finished; said erably electrical. Journaled in hearings in the ends of the tank 51 is the tubular shaft 53 having the sprocket 54 and furnished within said tank 51,, with the cylimlrical drum 56 the periphery of which, when said shaft 53 is rotated, works through an opening in the tank 51, see Fig. 4, to deliver a portion of the contents of the tank 51. to the disks or other articles carried forward by the lower reach of the belt 4 1: over said drum and suliiciently close thereto to receive the coating or finishing material from said drum. Extending from the ends of tank 51 are arms 57-57 in which are supported the tubular conduits 58 -58 locatedg within the tubular shaft and designed to carry the electrical circuit wires 59- -60 to arid from the electrical heater (31 located within the chamber 56. At one end of the support 34- for saidtank 51 is mounted a shaft onwhich is jOl'lI'l'ltllOd the idle guide sprocket 62 for the drive chain which operates sproclnztstlf) and 54 which chain will hereafter be more particularly referred to.

Below the plate 34, in the frames 35 and 36 is journaled the shaft 63 having the sprocket 64;, driven by a chain hereinafter tank 51 being c furnished with the heating element prcfreferred to, and the belt pulley 65. Extend ing downward at an inclination from pulley and 13 having a flat face similar to the face of said chamber 46, furnished with a longitudinal slot as 48 and having air out lctsconnmmicating with pipe 68 through which air may be. exhausted in any well. known manner. Adjacent said exhaust chamber 66 is mounted, in the frames Mend 36, the she ft 69 carrying an idler belt c lr- A in bearings at the lower portion of frames- 35 and 36 is journaled the shaft 70 having the sprocket 71 driven by the chain 92 h reafterdescribed and the pinions 7 2, 7 3 and 7 4 of which the pinion 73 meshes with the piniou75 journaled on a shaft extending from frame 35.

li'ounted. on brackets extending from the frames 35 and 36 is the tank 76 having the electrical heater 77 for the waxy material contained therein and furnished with the cylindrical chamber 78 the tubular shaft 79 of which is journaled in hearings, in arms extending from said tank, and is furnished, exteriorly of said tank with the sprocket 80 driven by the chain 92 and the gear 81. Electrical heating means 82 are located within; the chamber 7 8 which are supplied with electrical current by 'means of the circuit wires 83 81.

,Journaled 111 arms 85-85 extending from tankis the tubular shaft 86 havin the coal delivery chamber 87, in contact ht' cylindrical chamber 78, and the cogear 8B which is driven from the gear 81.

Within the chamber 87 is the electrical heat ing'element 89 to which electrical current is supplied-by means of the circuit wires 90 and 91.

The various sprockets and mechanism for rotating the belt pulleys and the wax sup plying rolls are driven by the chain 92 which is engaged with and driven from the sprocket 3.1, on the shaft of the cylinder 21,-and engages the sprockets 5st, 62, 64. 89, 71 and 80 of the several belt driving and coating delivering devices.

Disk coating or finishing material, preferably of a waxy nature is supplied to the tanks 51 and '76 through ipes 93 and 9 1 communicating with the respective tanks with the main tank 95 supported on the bracket 96 extending from the frame 85. It

.is of course necessary to maintain the contents of this tank 95 in a fluid condition so that such contents may flow readily through the-pipes 93 and 94.

' Near the lower portions of vtlie frames 35 and 36 is'secured the shaft 97, Fig. 4, carrying: the rotatable belt pulley 98 and below ing plunger, hereinafter referred to, see,

Figs. 5 and 6. Adjacent the lower em. of the air exhaust chamber 60 is journaled the hollow shaft 106 having the gear 107 driven from the gear 74 and the hollow drum 108 furnished with any interiorly located elec tric heating device 109 to which electrical current may be supplied by circuit wires 110111.

'From the lower ends of the frames 35, 30 extend the frame members 112113 suitably braced and supported and having near their outer ends a shaft carrying the belt pulley 114 The belt 115, having a series of perforations 11611(S suitably spaced is mounted on the pulleys 05, 98, 101. and 111 and bears against pulley 108, the reach of said belt between pulley G5 and 108 moves in contact with the slotted face of the air exhaust chamber 60 in the direction indicated by the arrow and, between the pulleys 108 and 1141, said belt passes along over the longitudinally slotted face of the air exhaust chamber 117, supported between the frame members 112113 on braces as 11.8, which is similar in construction to the chamber shown in Figs. 12 and 1 and is furnished with the air exhaust pipes 119119. During the return movement of said belt 115 it over the belt pulley 101 and the perforations 110 of said belt are engaged by the spurs 102 of said pulley so that said belt is driven by the pulleys 65 and 101 the spur 102 making the rate positive.

Frame member 112 has a series of vertical bores 120 in which. is slidably mounted the plungers 121121 having at their upper ends the enlarged heads 1 2 and the collars 123 of greater diameter than the bores 120 and having the extensions 123 see Figs. 8 and 8. Pivotally mounted adjacent the bores 120 120 are bell crank levers 12412 et which are pivotally connected with the plungers 121-121 and with the connecting rods 125 125 adapted to c intermittently reciproca'ted by the rod 126' connected with rods 125125 and having the frame 127 embracing the eccentric 105 of shaft 103 which shaft, as above stated, is rotated by pinion gear 7 3 engaged with gear 104 of said shaft 103.

inc member112 has a series of transverse perforations to receive the pins 128128 Figs. 5 and 8, on each of which is normally supported it back plate or disk intercepting plate129 having the inwardly extending ears 180-180 which clear the head 122 of the asthrough which blade 159 is free to move outbearings and havingthe sprocket 163 driven by chain 161 from sprocket 30.

At the side of the packaging mechanism is suitably mounted a pair of ways ]66 167 of which the way 166 is furnished with the rack 168 while the way or rail 167 isipro- 'vided with a series of spring actuated depressible stops 169-169 having shoulders .170. and the laterally projecting members 171, these stops 169 belng spaced apart to correspond to the location of the recesses in the rack 16S. Preferably between said we 5 or rails 166-167 is located a series of poo a ge receptacles or chutes 1' 72-172 which are intended to respectively correspond to the respective article or disk stacking means whereby a ackage taken from any particular one of tie herein described disk stacking means may be placed in the corresponding chute 172 intended to receive such particular packages. As one of the means for enforcing accuracy on the part of the operative the chutes 172172 are respectively in line with their corresponding stops 169- -169 and hence are respectively in line ith the reeesses of the rack 168. In order that this feature of the invention shallbe clearly understoodattention is again called to the fact that if the machine of which cylinder 21 forms a part is adapted to produce successive series of disks or other articles d of which the individual disks or articles differ in some respect as by shape, design; or the prii'iting thereon, such disks or articles will be positively applied by theprelin'iinary sociated plunger 121 but which are or may be engaged by the extension 123 of the collar 123 of said plunger during the upward movement of said plunger to lift said plate 129 sufficiently to permit the insertion of the pin 123 thereunder; such movement of plate 129 being resisted by springs'carried by sock-' ets of the plate 131 and bearing on the upwardly extending guide arms of said'plate' 129which are free to move in said sockets, see Fig. 8.

In transverse guides formed in the upper portion of frame member 112 are slides 131-131 carrying the receivers 132-432 having openings 133 and 134 in the latter of which are-the press plates 135, acted upon by the springs 136 of said'receivers and having the projections'137 with curved lower ends. The upper ends of said receivers 132 have collars 138 in which; aresecured rods 139-439 formingvertical frames furnished at their upper ends with sleeves 14-0-1-1t0 adapted to receive the lower ends of wrappers ar.z,'l igs. 7 and S, of a cross sectional shape adapted to receive a stack of the disks or other articles operated upon by this machine. i

l\'lounted between the frame member 112 and the air exhaust chamber 117 are frames 141-1411 having the inner curved ends and furnished with bearings mounled to yield under strain, in which are journaled pairs of feeding and polishing rolls 143-144 and 141.5 driven by their gears 146-147 and 1-18 through the iuedium of gears 1l-9-1-19, on shaft 150, meshing with said gears 1 17 while the shaft 151) is driven by belt 151- working on pulley of said shaft and driven from any source of power. 1 The transverse frames 153-154 are mounted on the frame members 112 and .113 i and in these frames 153-154 is journaled the shaft 155 having the sprocket 156 and furnished with a series of circular members 157-157 for removing the disks from the belt placed over the belt 115 each of which members 157 has a radial way or socket in which the outwardly spring pressed shank 1:18 of the blade 159 is slidabl'e; the outward movement of said Shank being limited by the contracted slot in said member 157 on said belt, over the perforations 45, and will be carried forward by said belt and transferred to the belt-1.15.in the same relative order in which order said disks or articles will be brought into position to be acted upon by the blades 159-159 of the article assorting members 157--157 whereby the series of articles or disks are diverted from the path, in which they have moved forward as a series, to separate paths and mechanisms which lead the different disks to their re spective receivers. Bearing in mind this assortment ol. the disks or articles and the placing of the same in their respective packages the importance of positively assorting the paclolges follows as a logical sequence and. with respect thereto this invention is not limited to any specific form or arrangement of mechanism On the ways or rails 166 167 is movably wardly, under the action of its spring, or inwardly, against the action of said spring, to accommodate the edge of said blade to the surface of the belt 115 over which the edge of said blade rides at each rotation of member 15'? to push laterally from said belt 115 numeral 175 provided with the table top one of the disks or other articles (l positioned 176 having a crimper or package end closat this particular point and to deliver said ing mechanism having the flaring mouth 177 article to the feeding action of the rolls and with the package assorting guide tube lids-1.43. Shaft- 155, carrying the membeis 178 which latter is designed to be registered 1:17 is driven by chain 166 engaged with l successively with the chutes172--172dnring sprocket 156 ct said shaft and with sprocket the movement of carriage 175 under the ac- 161 of the counter shaft 162 journalcifliin i tion of the weight 179 ,-'connccled with Hm mounted a carriage indicated as a whole bymcclmnism to belt 14 at regular intervals mo em isble. bop 1'? by ;he flexible connection 1%.

over "the pol ey 181.

Suitably supported from the table 176 1s the 'ric moi-or 18:2 having the shaft 183 V. e d bear ngs dependicg from the 1* T 17% and. furnished with the worm 184 end the bevel pinion 185, the former, of which drives the worm gear 186 roietably moulded and having the sleeve 187 and the gear 188 the whole embracing the conduit 7 ch depends from the daring moueh s bhe openings 96-4551 end 192. wish the 18-8 is the pinion 193 r 01 i's'licb. is journeled in a bearing furnishud with the printing or inlroll or disk which .is free to work through opening 190 in the conduit 189. Similarly driven is the pinion 195 which has as s iofli rotatably mounted and provided with the saw or scoring disk 1% may act, through opening 191, on

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bevel pinion 185 drives the gear 1%"? he shaft 198 jonrneled in e vs ticsl beneath she mouth piece 177 g the SOClKG-i? 1% and the flange f the rolls i201201 lournoled in aid flange end extending radially toward the spring snpported member slldebly mounted in the socket 199. I

[it Lhe under side or" the 176sre guides in which the indiceborrod 2G3, haw in ins head 28% is free to slide whereby its end may eni'er the conduit 189 through the opening 189 Fig. 1%, to obstruct said cdnduio when ihehead 20% of seid rod is reby one the 'ecesses 158 in the rock i hieh rod 203 moved outward by ing of the head egeins'i the in.- d of said recess in the rack 168 eggs moves fez-ward. "Ihe ine movement oiithe rod efiecied through the medium of ibe deiecim: ie' er which is pivotzpliy mounton e fitting 20S, seonredbothe conduit 189 sidis upper end pivotelly connected with said-indicator rod and its lower end-53W free to pass ihroogh the opening 132 in said conduit. 1

The ioclcim rod is acbueted from the indicator rod by means of the pivotelly conneczcd .ieve, one end of this 50533.; rod 2% is shdeble in a slot formed bo e 218 of the push bullion release P.4d c:.,,ing 210 is secured to the under s of the 17d and cerrles the de- :"e spring; lifted button 9 having bl wring accosted V ewl 212, ad .l to be by be so of rod 2&8 no to es passing; bhrosgh the. cohdiiiiz 189,

tact with one well of said slot 213, while the lower end of said plate has ihe extension 216 which is in line with the spring lifted stops 169169.

Depending from the table 176 is the bracket 217 in which is pivotally mounted the carriage detainer pawl 218 the end 219 of which is limited in its upward movement by the table 176 and the lower over balanced end 220 of which extends in line will? the series of stops 1691G9 and is designed to be intercepted by the respectivestops of said series in succession. v

In the operation of the machine cylinder 21 may be considered having several functions and the parts bb thereof may be cutters for cutting out disks aL-ei from a strip of material, of which 10 indicates the waste, or. as :2 carrier for such disks designed to carry or place the disks in contact with belt 4.4.

When the machineis started air is drawn from the chsmbers d6, 66 and 117 and, as the longitudinal slots of said chambers are covered by the belts 1-1 and 115, respectively associated therewith, air can enter said chambers only through the perforations in said belts. Under these conditions When the perforations 4:5 or" the belt 44; are brought into registration with the disks cZ-d carried to position by the cylinder 21 said disks adhere to the belt 44 by reegson of the suction and are carried forward by said belt against the periphery of the Waxing roll 56 whereby the waterproof material from tank 51 is delivered to the which are now carried along until they are engsged between the belts 4e and 115 and pass the end of the air exhaust chamber 46 at which time they overlap the ends of the all chamber 66 and registen with one of the perforations 116 of said belt 115 and the waxed surfaces adhere, by suction,- to this lesser belt by which they are carried forward beneath the cyIi nder ST which supplies waterproof material so this side of the said disks cZ-cZ which. are then carried by belt 115 beneath cylinder 108 to a point where bhe suction created by the exha ustion of air from chamber 117 dgein causes the disks to adhere to the belt 115. Shaft- 155 on so the respcgoiive tops 122 of vifhe plungers 121, bein limited egeinsiifiurtber movement by he Elem 130. dpgroxunately st ibis time she 103 reaches e point In its rotation when its eccentric-105 effects the reciprocation of the rod 126 and the bell crank connecting rods 125-125 and the bell cranks 124124 are operated in unison to move upward, the plunger-s 121-l21 where 5 are finally moved upward into the wrappers a-a and said wrappers become filled to the desired point when said wrappers are removed and empty wrappers are substituted." Vhile the disks are in the frame 139 there is ample opportunity for inspecting the product and removing imperfect caps. If it be understood that the series of disks or other articles d-d delivered by cylinder 21 differ in some respect and said series is 25 equalin number to the series of receptacles 132 and their related mechanisms it will be seen that a series of packages of articles idifl'eringinsome manner as in the inscription on their face may be formed simultaneously and, as the articles are fed forward by belt 115 they will be positioned and assorted in respective groups or stacks. This is one important feature as, where the-articles tl-d represent disk closures, 'for milk bottles, printed with names'of various dealers a comparatively large variety of disks having diflerent names may be printed and out out at each rotation of cylinder 21 and then carried forward through the coating 40 devices to positions in line with the particular receptacles 132-132 to which they are designed tobe delivered and then moved simultaneously toward said receptacles by the series of blades 159-159 and by the rolls 143-444 and 145.

' Attention is called to the stacks of articles or disks (1 shown in Figs. 1. and 7 in U which the stack of said articles or disks in the stacking device located nearest the bearing 154 extends the full height of rods 139 and the heights of the successive stacks progressively decreases. Ordinarily such stacks would be approximately of the same height as the articles or disks are preferably delivered toall stacking means simultanc-- ously. In order however to facilitate the; ed wrappers a-0.' by the l handling of the fill that the. first five wrappers,

129 are in the elevated position, whereby said articles or disks are intercepted by said plates 129 and are moved upward by the action of plungers 121. As articles or disks have, durin this pro ressive closing of the plates 129, ecu fed orward to the several stacking mechanisms it is obvious that the stacks formedwill be progressively of different heights and hence the wrappers will" be filled in succession and can be removed in like order, by the operative for the clos ing of the lower open end of the wrapper and the assorting of the packages.

\Vith the carriage, designated as a whole by numeral 175, in the position, with relw tion to the article or disk stacking mechanisms, shown in Fig. 14 it is to be presumed in the series, with their articles have been removed; that empty wrappers a-a have been placed on. the sleeves 140 of said five stackin mecha nisms* and that the carriage 175 as just reached the position shown in said Fig. 14 with its conduit 189 registering with the 1 sixth package receiver or chute 172; with the pawl 218 engaged with one of the stops 169 to hold the carriage 175 in such position, and withthe parts 203 to 214 in the po sitions shown in Figs. 15, 16 and 17.

The wrapper a with its contents is now re moved from the sixth sleeve 140 and its open end is inserted in the flaring mouth 17 7 of the wrapper end turning device or crimper with the stack of articles or disks resting on the depressible member 202 and the end of the wrapper a resting against the rolls 201 which rotate with the member 200, driven through gears 185 and 197, and, as the wrapper a is pressed down, effect the turning inward and upward of the edge of the wrapper, as is shown in Figs. 19 and 20, to form an annular shoulder a similar to shoulder a at the other end of said wrapper a. The package is now removed from the mouth piece 177 and is inserted in the mouth 17S and allowed to pass downward b 'ity, in which movement the package is prelerably printed or impressed with the characters or symbols on theroll 194 and I r be scored by the disk 196. In its downward 11 gravmovement said package acts on the erid'207 of lever 205, to effect the moving outward l i I operative, in removing them from sleeves 5 140 the pins 128 are removed from the? Q67 stacking mechanisms'at the starting of the machine to permit the plates 129 to move dbwnward and allow the pas-age of articles orfsdisks throu h the openings, normally closed by said p atcs'129, and said pins 128 65 are then'progressivcly replaced, when plates of this end of said lever and the moving in ward of the upper end thereof with its asso ciatod rod 203 whereby the head 204 ofsaid rod enters one of the recesses in rack 168 and the inner end of said, rod moves'inward, through opening 189 in conduit 189, and obstructs said conduit to prevent the passage of another package therethrough. hen rod 203 thus moves inwardlever 209 is ac tuated to move rod 208 outward through its slot in casing 210 until this rod 208 disengagcs pawl 212 of the press button 211 whereby the downward movement of said 130 at I noeaosi button, to press down the particular stop 169 with which the plate 214 of said button "211 is then engaged, is permitted. It will thus be apparent that no second package can pass down conduit 189 until rod 203 is withdrawn from said conduit and no automatic means is provided to effect this movement of rod 203 while carriage 175 re mains in one position; hence it is evident that if the operative at this time inadvertently removes the wrapper a and its contents from the seventh, or other, stacking mechanism and attempts to pass said i'r apper'through conduit 189 the end of rod 203 will prevent the passage of said wrapper and the delivery of such package to the sixth. chute or package receptacle 172 will be pre vented, The operative now presses down the button 21.1 thus depressing the particular stop 169 until its shoulder 170 is below the end .220 of pawl 218 whereupon the drawing action of weight 179 is permitted toefi'ect the drawing forward of the carriage 175 and, after the extension 216 of plate 214 moves past said particular stop such stop is free to move upward under the action of its spring. The continued movement of the carriage ultimately brings the 'forward edge of plate 214 against the next of the stops 169 and said plate may swing on its pivot to permit the'lower end thereof to ride over the top of said stop 169 and to swing" into the position shown in Fig. 17, the undue swinging of plate 214 being prevented by the linger 219 contacting with the upper wall of its slot 213 and the further movement ofthe carriage being prevented by the lower end of pawl 218 which-engages the stop toward whichit is moved. During this forward movement of the carriage 175 the head 204 of rod 203 rides outward against the inclined edge'of the depression, of rack 168, in which said head is located and this movement of r0d203 is transmitted by lever 209 to rod 208 to move the latter rod in the opposite direction whereby the,

end of rod 208 is engaged with the pawl 212 7 of push button 211 and said button can be released from said engagement by the swinging of lever 205 which is accomplished by the passage of a package through conduit 189, hence it is impracticalfor the operative to effect more than OQSE'HOVWQHIQMI of the carriage 17 5 without passing. a package through said conduit and he cannot pass over one of theflhutes 172 withoutdepositing a package. After the carriage175 has been thus moved over the entire series of chutes or package receptacles 1725:1161 car- 6c rings is drawn backward until its conduit 189 again registers with the first said series of chutes 172 and the process of assorting' anotheu cries of packages is or may he proceeded w t 1.

e5 It is or" course evident that the cylinder 21 may to i s for pos rely do 'ering articles the pneumatic carrier.

Having thus described my invention 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters ,4 Patent 1. The combination with disk carrying means adapted to receive a series of disks in succession, of a series of disk packaging means, and mechanism for simultaneously moving all disks of said series edgewise from the disk carrying means toward said packaging means.

2. The combination with a machine for delivering disks at a predetermined point, of disk carrying means moving by said point. a series of disk stacking means and means for simultaneously moving a number of said disks cdgewise from the disk carrying means toward said series of disk stacking means.

3. The combination with a machine for delivering disks at a predetermined point, ot a. series of receptacles for said disks arranged in. order corresponding to the order in which said disks are delivered at sai point of delivery. and mechanism operating to take said disks in succession at said point of delivery, to carry forward said disks, and to deliver a series of said disks simultaneously to said series of receptacles.

1. The combination with means for con tinuously feeding forward articles, of intermittently acting means for moving said airticles laterally from the path in which they are fed forward, a receptacle supporting means located in said lateral path and having means for intercepting the articles, and means for moving said articles vertically. in succession after they reach said suppe ing means.

The combination with means for continuously feeding forward articles, of intermittently actingmeans for moving said articles from the path in. which they are fed forward, receiving means for said articles furnished with mechanism for supporting a stack of said articles, and means for moving upward the articles, after they reach said receiving means, to a point abdvo'said supporting means. i I p 6.111 combination, an endless conveyor -belt"having holes for an air exhaust, means sively to the articles held against the first belt, an air exhaust over which said second conveyor belt passes, adapted to exhaust the air through the holes of the second belt to cause the articles to adhere to said belt as long as required and be carried along by it bearing against a coating surface in passing, a coating surface for coating said articlcs carried against it, a scraping device looirranged in proximity to the second belt and moving sufliciently close to the surface of the same to scrape the articles from the surface of the belt; 7. In combination, an endless conveyer belt having holes for an air exhaust, means for continuously driving said belt to present said holes in succession to the articles delivered adj over which said conveyor passes, adapted to exhaust air through the holes of said con- 'veyer whereby said thin articles are caused to adhere to said conveyor belt and are carried along thereby, a coatingsurface for coating said 'art1cles, a second. endless con-' veyer belt having holes for an air exhaust and means for continuously driving said belt and presenting the holes successively to the articles held against the first belt, an air exhaust over which said second conveyor belt passes, adapted to exhaust the air through the holes of the second belt tocause the articles toadhere to said belt as long as required and be carried along by it bearing against a coating surface in passing, a coat ing surface for coating said articles carried against it, a scraping'device arranged in proximity to the second belt and moving sufficiently close to the surface of the sameto scrape the articles from the surface of 40 the belt, and deliver them to feeding and stacking mechanism.

I 8. In combination, an endless conveyor belt having holes for an air exhaust, means for "continuously driving said'beltto present said holes in succession to the articles delivered adjacent thereto, an air exhaust, over which said conveyor passes, adapted to ex- 'haust air through the holes of said conveyor whereby said thin articles are caused to adhere to said conveyor belt and are car ried along thereby, a coating surface for coating said articles, a second endless conveyer belt having holes for an air exhaust and means for continuously driving said 15 belt and presenting the holes successively to the ar ,icles held against the first belt, an air exhaust over which said second conveyor belt passes, adapted to exhaust the I air through the holes of thesecond belt to cause the articles to adhere to said belt as long as required and be carried along by it bearing against a coating surface in passing, a coatacent thereto, an airexhaust,

ing surface for coating said articles carried against it, a scraping device arranged in proximit to the second belt and moving sufficient y close'to the surface of the same to scrape the articles from the surface of the belt and deliver them to mechanism for delivering them to packages.

9. In combination, an endless conveyer belt having holes for an air exhaust, means for continuously driving said belt to present said holes in succession to the articles delivered adjacent thereto, an air exhaust, over which said conveyor passes, adapted to exhaust air through the holes of said conveyer whereby said thin articles are caused to adhere to said conveyor belt and are carried along thereby, a coating surface for coating said articles, a second endless conveyer belt having holes foran air exhaust aIid means for continuously driving said belt and resenting the holes successively to the articles held against the first belt, an air exhaust over which said second conveyer belt passes, adaptedto exhaust the air through the holesof the second belt to cause the articles to adhere to said belt as long as required and be carried along by it bearing against a coating surface in passing, a coating surface for coating said articles carried against it a; scraping device arranged in roximity to the second belt and moving su ciently close to the surface of the same to scrape the articles from the surface of the. belt and feed rolls for receiving and feeding the articles onward to stacks, and a feed 'for feeding the stacks into packages.

10. A disk machine having in combination disk cutting and marking rolls and a pneumatic conveyer for taking the disks succes sivelyfrom the rolls and applying them to a surface bearing a finishing substance and *arrying them to a osition for removal from the conveyor and removing blades for 1-05 removing a series of disks simultaneously from the pneumatic conveyer and deliver-Y ing each of the series to a separate stacking) device and devices for stacking the disks so delivered in separate stacks. I10

11. The combination with a conveyor belt for carrying thin articles, of a blade for pushing the articles from the belt said blade having a spring adjustment arranged to permit it to reciprocate evenly or unevenly as necessary to register itself automaticallyin. contact with the belt and thus to engage with certainty with the articles to be re moved.

. HARRY A. SPILLER.

lVitnesses GEO. R. TOWER, JonN ALDEN Lnn. 

